I just noticed vmGuestLib.his LGPL 2.1 not GPL2.
----- Original Message ----- From: Sebastian Harl <s...@tokkee.org> To: Keith Chambers <chambers_ke...@yahoo.com> Cc: "collectd@verplant.org" <collectd@verplant.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [collectd] VMware Guest SDK plugin for Collectd 5 Hi, On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 01:23:14PM -0700, Keith Chambers wrote: > I understand that this will not get merged in to the mainline due to > the associated VMware licensing. I haven't had a look at your code yet, but I'd like to comment this: unless the VMWare license explicitly forbids to do so, the plugin may either be put under a BSD-like license (which permits linking with proprietary stuff) or the GPL using the "linking exception" [1]. Note, though, that this is a license change, so all authors and contributors of the plugin have to agree about it. HTH, Sebastian [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception> -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin _______________________________________________ collectd mailing list collectd@verplant.org http://mailman.verplant.org/listinfo/collectd
